Under-5 Mortality Rate: Kano leads in Nigeria
No fewer than 101,000 Under-5 children die every year in Kano State…
Worldwide switch to bivalent oral polio vaccine begins on Sunday
The trivalent oral polio vaccine has been instrumental in the near-eradication of…
Fast food exposes consumers to harmful chemicals – study shows
Fast food eaters beware! A new study has found that people who…
NAFDAC shuts 16 herbal medicine facilities
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has…
Diabetes patients must be involved in their own management – Olufemi-Ajayi
People living with diabetes must be involved in the management of their…
EC approves subcutaneous route of administration in Sandoz biosimilar, Binocrit
Sandoz, a Novartis division and the global leader in biosimilars, announced today…
Diabetes epidemic looms in Nigeria – Health Minister
… NMA says over 2m people are diabetic in the country ABUJA:…
Diabetes: Enlighten Nigerians now, endocrinologist tells govt
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the World…
Please don’t go on strike, Buhari begs doctors
ABUJA:President Muhammadu Buhari earlier today pleaded with Nigerian resident doctors to shelve…
WHO out with first global report on diabetes
... says 422 million adults now live with it. The World Health…
Nigerian has huge diabetes burden – Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said yesterday at the NHO…
WHD: Roche, Rainbow Hospital lead Media Roundtable on diabetes
Multinational pharmaceutical company Roche Diagnostics in collaboration with Rainbow Specialist Medical Centre…
Update on Health Minister’s Visit to LUTH
Darkness in A& E The current bleak power situation in the country…
EU supports immunisation in FCT with N188m
The European Union, EU, has supported immunisation of children in the Federal…
Health Minister visits LUTH
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole, earlier today, paid a…
TB: Not yet success story for Nigeria
• Records 250,000 deaths annually • Ranks No. 4 among high-burdened countries…
NHO holds media Roundtable Conference on diabetes
… Countdown begins on 2016 World Health Day activities To mark the…
Why we adopted Nigeria’s CDC for Africa – Amb Maiyegun
The African Union last weekend adopted the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control,…
New WHO report ranks Nigeria low in immunisation
• Yet to eliminate tetanus, measles • Still low in new vaccine…
Why men often die earlier than women
By Rsobert Shmerling, M.D., Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publications My wife recently…
Lagos’ “Strange illness” is measles!
… Health commissioner confirms outbreak The strange outbreak of febrile rash illnesses…
More Nigerians develop diabetes mellitus foot
Caption: A Diabetes Mellitus foot Pa Emmanuel Dodoh never really paid any…
